In Unix, you can limit per-process resources for a given user, but the only way i could think of right off the top of my head in perl would be to use the times() function, and have the child die if the number is greater than it's limit. But, this is really not the best way, and it does not cover memory usage. I will be keeping an eye on this thread to see if anyone else knows.

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i had a memory leak once, and it ruined my favorite shirt.